Recent content by TonyCarter

This is a forum for PCSpecialist customers, so you’ll have to ask on an open forum such as Tom’s Hardware or Reddit if you want help with a self build.

Well, that's more or less what Ekans2011 has configured, so yes. No problem with using the SATA SSDs for other storage though - but be aware that SSDs (SATA or NVMe can fail without warning, so a good backup strategy is even more important). The GPU is a simple plug & play with the rest of the...

Might have to adjust our guide prices further, so extra £150 for the 9800X3D and £100 extra for the GPU means: 1080p = £1750 1440p = £2250 2160p = £2750

Just 'tossing in a hand grenade' as my consultant colleagues used to say...

I don't know if it's just me, but have PCS GPU prices increased? As I'm seeing a RX7600 at c.£350 which is where the RX7700XT was (and is on other sites)? For example I'm seeing: 7600 at £300 on PCS, or £220-£250 elsewhere 7600XT at £350 on PCS, or £300-£350 elsewhere 7700XT at £450 on PCS, or...

Just so you are aware, the current gaming king CPU, the 9800X3D, is £150 more than the older 7800X3D (which is out of stock), so our guide prices for 1440p builds are £2100+ excluding any monitor & other peripherals...so £2000 with those included is impossible without seriously cutting corners...

There's no need for three separate posts for the same request (I've asked for the duplicates to be removed). The likely reason for people not responding to your original ones (which you could have edited) is that they asked for you to read the sticky post and come back with the answers to the...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but any worthwhile 1080p build will start at about £1600 (1440p £2100+, 4K £2500+) with current gen CPU, GPU, PSU, and decent case, etc. Any pre-builts you see below this price will have to have had corners cut to squeeze into that price, for example the...

We don't allow religious jokes on here - there are zealots who might be offended that you've misinterpreted their fairy tale sacred texts! :whistle:

It's not 'overclocked' it just has a working range of 4.5-5.7GHz...but if you've got a particularly good example, it will automatically increase the boost clock higher as long as it stays within the max temp and max power limits that AMD has set. If you're uncomfortable with that and want to...

Maybe as games storage/install drives as it will depend on the specific game as to whether they'd see any big advantage in start-up or asset loading. They will rarely offer more FPS, but may offer smoother FPS if the game has to delay loading textures/assets...and there are some newer games...

AMD claims that CPU can happily spend it's whole life at 95ºc without any detrimental effects, as that's what it's been tested and designed for. https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/ryzen-7000-series-processors-let-s-talk-about-power-temperature/ba-p/554629

I'm not too cheap either, but turn all my computers off at the wall every night (along with the TV & stereo) - leave the fridge & freezer on though!

If it is the standard LianLi case, and the logo isn't acid-etched or laser-printed, then a bit of nail-polish remover and a cotton ball (maybe a plastic scraper) should remove it without marking the glass.

The fastest CPU that could fit in your old platform is the 5800X3D, which would see a nice boost in MSFS, but is not in production anymore and difficult/expensive to get hold of. There is the 5700X3D, which is faster than the 5800X in gaming, but loses out in non-gaming workloads. With high-FPS...